Celebs who do not want children

Oprah has always been open about not wanting children, and in 2013 she gave an interview saying: "If I had kids, my kids would hate me. They would have ended up on the equivalent of the Oprah show talking about me; because something (in my life) would have had to suffer and it would've probably been them."

New Girl star Zooey has admitted children probably aren't on the cards for her, saying it's never been her 'focus'. "My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff," she told Marie Claire. "I like kids, and I like being around kids, but it was never an ambition, something, like, I need. … I like working. That’s what I like doing. I like to work.”

SATC star Kim has said she was 'too selfish' for children. Speaking in 2013 about not being a mother, she said: "That was not down to wanting to keep my figure. It is just that as an actress it never seemed the right time. I would have had to give up several years and perhaps I was too selfish to do so."

Don't expect Cameron Diaz to be picking out baby grows any time soon. "I have an unbelievable life. In some ways, I have the life that I have because I don't have children," she's said. "Children aren't the only things that bring you gratification and happiness. And honestly? We don't need any more kids. We have plenty of people on this planet."

Queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese isn't planning to have babies either. Dita split from husband Marilyn Manson back in 2007, but even while they were together, children weren't on the couple's to-do list. "I don't feel that we need to have children to validate our marriage and I don't need children to claim I'm a fulfilled woman," she said.

"Even one kid running around my villa makes me nervous, so I'm definitely not a candidate for father of the year!" says silver fox George Clooney. "If I need to surround myself with children and feel like I have this big extended family, I can always call Brad and Angie and ask them to stay with me, just to remind me why I'm so happy without."

Eva Mendes - who is expecting her first baby with Ryan Gosling - once said: "I don't wanna have kids ... I love the little suckers; they're so cute. But I love sleep so much, and I worry about everything."

She is due to give birth to her first baby later this year - so that all went out the window!

Funnyman Ricky Gervais says he and his long-term partner always knew they didn't want children. "We never wanted to be parents, with all that entails: the loss of freedom, total dependency," he said. "I'm the sort of person who has to check three times that I've shut the door, so I'd probably stare at a kid all day to check it was breathing."

Jane Fallon, who has been with Ricky since 1982, has revealed they made the decision together. "It's a difficult world and you shouldn't have kids unless you really want them," she said. "I've seen people go broody in a physical way that I've never experienced. Luckily, Ricky feels the same way."

Renee Zellweger has had a few long-term relationships (and one very short-lived marriage to country singer Kenny Chesney) but has said she never wanted to be a mum. Speaking to David Letterman, the actress said: "Motherhood has never been an ambition. I don't think like that."

Dame Helen Mirren told Saga magazine she is happier 'without encumbrance'. "I always did – and still do – value my freedom too highly," she said. The actress also famously once revealed that watching an educational video on childbirth put her off from a young age. "I swear it traumatized me to this day. I can't look at anything to do with childbirth. It absolutely disgusts me," she said.